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Presidents Message – December

Hello Everyone,   Happy Holidays to everyone.  I’m back as your NCBA President once again and looking forward to 2024. Your NCBA board has been discussing our 2024 calendar and budget. We now have an approved budget and are...

Presidents Message October 2023

Hello Everyone,   It’s October and we have had a first blush of cool this morning. Many of us have been combining hives, feeding, finishing up treatments, and watching the weather for the final winter prep of bee cozies...

NCBA October Meeting

Speaker: Jay Evans, PhD – in person and via Zoom!  Not to be missed!!! Bio: Jay Evans is a Research Scientist for the USDA Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD. The BRL is focused on the development of management...

Colorado State Beekeepers Meeting – 11/11

Colorado State Beekeepers Meeting on Sat, 11/11 in Lakewood – great agenda! and only $35!   November 1, 2023 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm  Boulder County Beekeepers will be hosting Dr. Sammy Ramsey. Dr. Ramsey just returned from...

June – Presidents Message

Hello Everyone, What a rainy couple of weeks! I’m sure all of us are managing our hives in between a hail storm, a downpour, drizzle, or that magical moment of sunshine. As my own mentor tells me, rain is another signal to the bees to...

Presidents Message – May 2023

Hello Everyone, Happy May everyone! Spring is here and we are already getting swarm calls! We have started the year with several programs already ranging from the Children’s Water Fest in Windsor and Expedition Colorado for 4th graders to...

May Meeting Information

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee Building – 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538 McKee Timnath/LaPorte Meeting Rooms Please bring your own refreshment if desired. If the weather is cooperative, Brittany plans...

July General Meeting Speaker Volunteer Request

At the July meeting, we’d love to have you show us anything you have made on your own to work your bees. From robber screens and quilt boxes to candy boards and solar wax melters, and anything in between, tell us what worked and maybe, what...

SHOUT OUT TO OUR JOURNEYMEN! 

We are so fortunate to have five NCBA members participating in the CSBA Master Beekeeping program. Currently, the following are completing the Journeyman portion of the certification. Brittany AndersonWayne BrewsterCharlene Horton-GarciaRalph...

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT – Windsor 4 H Youth Program

If you recall the January NCBA newsletter, Shelli Quattlebaum is a bee dynamo and one tireless dynamo just in general. Shelli is a photographer, beekeeper, avid outdoors person and cook, and mom of town preteensters, and now, she has recently...

GENOMICS STUDY PARTICIPANTS REQUESTED

Purdue University has reached out to NCBA (among other associations) for genomic We have funds to sequence 100 bees from each state. They are prioritizing feral bees, small breeding operations, or other unique sources. Read below. FROM THE...